Wind in a BF baby - would Infacol help?

[GoldenSnitch]

DD is 5 weeks old tomorrow. She feeds really well and sleeps OK but increasingly, I feel like wind is causing her problems.

I am forever winding her. If she is in my arms then I am rubbing her tummy or patting her back or bottom. I regularly lay her over my lap and put or rub her back and bottom and when I change her nappy or lay her on the floor to play, I cycle her legs...and yet she always seems uncomfortable and regularly burps up huge quantities of milk! All of her nappies seem to be quite explosive too!!

She's not screaming or pulling her knees up though so I don't think it's colic.

It seems to be getting worse and she is becoming harder and harder to settle to sleep. I have spent whole days and nights picking her up every 20 minutes because she starts to cry almost as soon as I put her down!

I was wondering if Infacol might help to shift the wind and make her more comfortable - does anyone have any advice?

Any other suggestions would be welcomed too...

Thanks

Right - now suggestions on how to get a 5 week old baby to take gripe water from a spoon are needed!!!

You may need a dosing syringe the pharmacist at Boots or wherever will give you one. Very much easier than a spoon you just squirt it into the baby's wee cheek and it usually gets swallowed down.

We used the dropper from the infacol bottle - took a long time, but it worked!

I think I have one of those dosing syringes somewhere!!

They will give you a syringe at the chemist for free if you ask, or you could use the infacol one like we did. Keeping my fingers crossed the gripe water is as magic for you and as was for me!

We used infacol but I'm not sure how much good it did sprout - think it just made us feel we were doing something.

Definitely didn't notice any ill effects - nor did any of the other BF mums I know who used it and the jury was out on how much good it did.

Baby masssage helped, the colic routine we were taught definitely shifted things. But not when baby upset - as part of daily routine. Do Surestart or HVs near you organise free courses? Also was something we enjoyed and helped bonding, which I think is important if your little bugger angel is a tad on the unsettled side.

No 2 on the way. Am thinking of trying to forget it they grow out of it approach this time but not sure my resolve will hold when the sleeplessness/screaming kicks in!

I gave her her first dose just after her dinner time feed and before bath time. I ended up doing bath time alone as DH got called from work and all went well. DD even fell asleep while laid on the bathroom rug while I cleaned DS's teeth which has never happened before.

I found my syringe too which made giving her the Gripe Water easier.

Last feed before bed went well too and DD settled easily after her Gripe Water and a burp.

Second feed wasn't so good though and I ended up jigging her around for 90 minutes before she'd settle

Still, it was a lot better than previous nights so I think we can call it a success

Haven't given her any yet today and have currently got her asleep in the Moby wrap so I can get on. She seems content in there so I might leave the Gripe Water for bedtimes.

Or would it work better cumulatively do you think?

Would love to do Baby massage MaHobbit but I have a nearly 3 year old too who doesn't start preschool until April and would make the whole session a lot less relaxing for everyone involved!

infacol would be fine but you have to give it about 20 minutes before feeding. The other one is colief drops,both of which you can get on a prescription as they are quite expensive